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allaboutmusic · 08-18-2009, 06:39 PM

Hey Apple people,

I have a 24" iMac and was thinking of picking up an Apple laptop at some point to complement it and eventually phase out my Windows laptops.

I was originally thinking of getting one of the new 13" Macbook Pros, but have started to see the previous generation 15" Macbook Pros selling for very reasonable prices (around GBP600-700). These models generally have Core 2 Duo processors (> 2GHz), Firewire and USB, plenty of RAM and good hard drive capacity, aluminium cases etc so seem to be reasonably well-specced. The one thing they don't seem to have is the 7 hour battery life and they are a little heavier.

Does anyone have any input about these particular Macbooks, or whether it is worth plumping for the newer ones? The newer ones are about double the price for a spec that doesn't appear to be significantly different (obviously design and certain features may differ).

Thanks!

08-18-2009, 06:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
allaboutmusic Aurally Fixated	Previous-generation Macbook Pro Hey Apple people, I have a 24" iMac and was thinking of picking up an Apple laptop at some point to complement it and eventually phase out my Windows laptops. I was originally thinking of getting one of the new 13" Macbook Pros, but have started to see the previous generation 15" Macbook Pros selling for very reasonable prices (around GBP600-700). These models generally have Core 2 Duo processors (> 2GHz), Firewire and USB, plenty of RAM and good hard drive capacity, aluminium cases etc so seem to be reasonably well-specced. The one thing they don't seem to have is the 7 hour battery life and they are a little heavier. Does anyone have any input about these particular Macbooks, or whether it is worth plumping for the newer ones? The newer ones are about double the price for a spec that doesn't appear to be significantly different (obviously design and certain features may differ). Thanks!